Indian Peafowl vs Red-winged Francolin

Pavo cristatus 비교 대상 Scleroptila levaillantii

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Indian Peafowl Red-winged Francolin
학명 Pavo cristatus Scleroptila levaillantii
Galliformes Galliformes
Phasianidae Phasianidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장 195.0 cm (76.8 in)
날개 폭 160.0 cm (63.0 in) 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
체중 5000.0 g (176.37 oz) 448.75 g (15.83 oz)
식성 Omnivorous — seeds, berries, insects, small vertebrates, and cultivated crops. Forages on the ground in … Forages for seeds, invertebrates, and plant matter in South African grassland and fynbos; scratches soil.
산란 수 3-8 3-5
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Indian Peafowl 195.0 cm
Red-winged Francolin
날개 폭
Indian Peafowl 160.0 cm
Red-winged Francolin 32.5 cm
체중
Indian Peafowl 5000.0 g
Red-winged Francolin 448.75 g

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

없음

Indian Peafowl only

Red-winged Francolin only

Indian Peafowl

Open forests, farmland, and areas near water in the Indian subcontinent. Highly adaptable and common near human settlements.

Song & Call Comparison

Indian Peafowl

노래

Loud, harsh, repetitive 'may-AWE' screaming call, audible over great distances. Display calls are a mewing 'aaaow'. Peacocks call persistently at dawn and before rain.

Red-winged Francolin

노래

Ringing, emphatic 'keee-KRAK-keee' call series; S African highland grassland species. Alarm is explosive cackling with flush; rufous wing patches visible in flight. Pairs call antiphonally at dawn.

Geographic Range & Migration

Indian Peafowl

Indian subcontinent including India, Sri Lanka, and parts of Pakistan and Bangladesh. Feral populations worldwide.

Red-winged Francolin

Resident of highland grassland and montane scrub in eastern South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal to Northern Cape) and Lesotho.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Indian Peafowl

Least Concern

Red-winged Francolin

How to Tell Them Apart

Indian Peafowl

깃털

Males (peacocks) have iridescent blue-green plumage and an enormous train of elongated upper tail coverts with eye-spots. Females (peahens) are brown and cryptically patterned.

부리

Short, stout, greyish-horn bill

Red-winged Francolin

깃털

Brown above with buff shaft streaks; white-streaked dark brown underparts; rufous-chestnut primaries diagnostic in flight; white throat; red bill; red legs in male, yellow in female. Grassland species.

About These Birds

Indian Peafowl

인도공작은 인도 아대륙 원산의 화려한 큰 새로 세계에서 가장 잘 알려진 새 중 하나이다. 수컷은 수백 개의 눈 모양 무늬가 있는 극적으로 긴 꼬리 깃털을 가지며 짝 유인을 위해 부채꼴로 펼친다. 인도의 국조이며 전 세계적으로 사육되고 있다.

Red-winged Francolin

A medium Phasianidae francolin (~449 g) of montane grassland and open country in eastern and southern Africa. Rufous-red wing patches are conspicuous in flight. Inhabits high-altitude open grassland. Feeds on grass seeds, tubers, and invertebrates. Calls loudly in the morning; forms loose groups. Least Concern.

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